Angie and her daughter Henley return (last trip was from Paris to Venice with stops in Switzerland and the Alsace of France in March of 2023) for a rollicking trip through Bavaria and into Austria for Spring Break. This time a friend joins Henley. Munich, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, the Romantic Road, Salzburg and Sound […]
I will be helping a social media influencer and her husband enjoy and get to know my home town in Germany plus Regensburg. This will be Tour 323 of my career.
A gorgeous place in any weather, medieval Rothenburg and the nearby hamlet of Detwang are splendid after a fresh snowfall. This is the European headquarters since 1999 for European Focus Private Tours. Owner James Derheim lives here full-time. Starting with the winter season of 2021-22 James will be offering winter tours in Bavaria as well […]
Two couples who will travel with me for the second time together will start off in Berlin and then we will see the city once known as the “Paris on the Elbe,” gorgeous Dresden. We also will visit Cologne and the Rhein Valley before spending several days in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. The trip will […]
December 20 Do you love the medieval town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber as much as we do? After all, it’s been our homebase in Europe since 1999. Now you can enjoy the splendid “Walk of the Nightwatchman” LIVE and unedited (OK, maybe a little bit edited) as he makes his rounds, telling stories, jokes […]
October 25 Our current guests Eric and Patricia from Sarasota, Florida this morning with three wandering handworkers practicing a tradition that is more than 1,000 years old. The (left to right) fruit farmer, blacksmith and finish carpenter from various places in Germany are on a three year trek around the world to learn their trades […]
March 26 We have our headquarters in one of the most famous medieval towns in Europe. Rothenburg ob der Tauber gets all of the attention and the tourists, at least the foreign ones, who come three million strong per year to wander its cobble stoned streets and gaze at this town frozen in time. For […]
We traveled today by a combination of the back roads through farmland, hamlets and along the Neckar River to Heidelberg where we’re spending the night. Along the way, we made a stop in Bad Wimpfen for special roasted chicken in a tiny Gasthaus near the “Blue Tower,” a remnant of the medieval fortifications of Bad […]